Jelly Pardons

When Thomas Cromwell was a clerk in the English factory at
Antwerp, two of his fellow-countrymen from Boston (Lincolnshire)
consulted with him as to the best means of getting the pardons renewed
for the repair of Boston harbour. Cromwell knowing that Pope Julius was
very fond of dainties, provided for him some exquisite jelly, and told
his Holiness that only royalty ever ate it in England. The Pope was so
pleased with the delicacy that he signed the pardons, on condition of
having the recipe of the jelly.